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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT G. THOMSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ANCHOR FOR FENCE-POSTS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 616,038, dated December 13, 1898.

Application filed April 29, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT G. THOMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Anchors for Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. 7

My invention relates to anchors for fence and other posts of the class exampled in United States Letters Patent N 0. 589,763, is sued to me September 7, 1897, in which the post driven'into the ground is provided with a fixed collar or' base at or near the surface of the ground, through which base stakes are driven at an inclination to the post into the ground and are fixed on the base, so as to-hold the post rigidly erect.

My invention has among its objects to improve the post in its combination with the base and stakes, to simplify and strengthen the base in its relation to the post and stakes, and also to improve the stakes in their combination with the base and post.

In order that my invention, by which I attain these and other ends, may be clearly understood, I shall first describe in detail the mode in which I carry my invention into practice and then point out its various features in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like parts are designated by the same letters in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents in side elevation. an anchored fence-post embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the stakes before it is driven through the base into the ground.

To gain the greatest amount of strength and rigidity from the post A when driven into the ground with the least weight and expense of material, I make the post of iron of a deep U-shaped horizontal cross-section and drive it into the ground so that the straight sides of the U lie across the direction of the fence, and thus especially stiffen the post in the direction of the greatest constant strain, while the round bottom of the U stiffens the post Serial No. 679 ,193. (No model.)

laterally and prevents it from shifting in the direction of its'sides.

To the post A, at the desired distance from its lower end, so that it will be at or near the surface of the ground when the post A is driven therein, I fix the post socket or base B, which for greater strength, simplicity, and convenience I form of two rectangular parts 0 D, having flat inner faces 0 D to lie against the opposite flat sides of the U-section post A, and grooved rails 0 D running diagonally across said inner faces to receive, overhang, and securely grip the opposite vertical edges of the U-section post A. On the corners of the parts 0 D, opposite said grooved rails 0 D are formed eye-lugs C D through both of which is passed a headed screw-bolt E, and on the end of said-bolt is screwed a nut F, so as to tightly draw theparts O D together, and thus rigidly secure the base constituted thereby upon the post at the proper height thereon.

On the outside of the base parts 0 D are formed, preferably at right angles to each other and at an angle of forty-five degrees each to the post, stake-guides formed 'of parallel rails G and H, respectively, the rails on each side converging toward each other laterally at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the outside of the respective base part. Through these inclined stake guides are driven into the ground on opposite sides of the post and in planes parallel to the flat sides of the U-section post stakes K, which I make of right-angle'iron, the edges of which fit and slide in the corresponding inclined guide-rails G and II and the V-shaped channels of which thus face each other. To fix the stakes K to the base when driven down between the guide-rails G H, I previously warp or bend slightly out of their proper planes the flanges of the angle-iron stakes at the heads K thereof, so that when said bent portions are driven down between the guiderails G and [-1 they will become firmly wedged therein, and thus securely retained in position. By this novel arrangement of the angle-iron stakes K with respect to the post A the post is rigidly anchored against movement or play in any direction, as the angleloo iron stakes embrace the earth between their flanges and oifer a flat surface against stress in every conceivable direction.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with a post anchor base, formed with downwardly diverging stake-guides, of a post fixed to said base, and of a deep U shape in horizontal section.

2. The combination, with a post of U shape in horizontal section, of an anchor base formed of two parts, having downwardly-diverging stake guides or rails to hold the vertical edges of the post, and a bolt to bind the base parts together upon the post.

3. The combination, with a post-anchor base, having downwardly-diverging stakeguides on opposite sides, formed of rails converging outwardly toward each other, of

ground-stakes of angle-iron driven down between said inclined rails with their channels facing inward.

at. The combination, with a postanchor base, having downwardly-diverging stakeguides, of ground-stakes of angle-iron driven through said stake-guides and having the flanges at their upper ends warped, and thereby wedged in said stake-guides.

5. A ground-stake for a post-anchor of the kind described formed of angle-iron whose flanges at the head are Warped out of their natural planes for the purpose specified.

6. The combination, with a post of U shape in horizontal section, an anchor-base fixed to said post, and having downwardly-diverging stake-guides on opposite sides, and groundstakes of angle iron driven divergingly through said stake-guides in planes parallel to the fiat sides of the U-section post, with their channels facing inward.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of March, 1808.

HERBERT G. THOMSON.

In presence of CLARENCE L. BURGER, DE WITT C. REED. 

